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Kohlrabi or knolkhol’s are the distant cousins of the cabbage family . They have a nutty flavour but a little more pungent in their taste . Funny looking ,as much as they are, they add in quite a punch either to your salads or the dinner pots. Personally, my favourite is the Knol Khol Sambhar that Amma used to churn out:

So in anticipation of the beautiful vegetables, the seeds were sown and I was quite happy to see them germinate in a weeks’ time. After ten days and a bit of organic fertilizer later .Their tiny stems were swelling up

And this happens when you crowd your vegetables while planting and dont thin the plants :

And after 55 days of waiting and watching them grow their girth, here they were . The perfect size waiting for them to be harvested.

Teaming them up with my homegrown tomatoes was not only a visual delight but a culinary one at that too:

Lessons learnt:

Harvesting them while they are tender makes the vegetable taste heavenly

They need ample space around them to grow . Thinning is a must if you see them fighting for spaces and resources like my baby knolknols.

They prefer cold climates and are not huge fans of direct,uninterrupted sunlight.

Those look great! I planted kohlrabi for the first time just recently for the fall garden. I use the square foot garden method which recommends 16 plants in one square foot. Do you think that’s too crowded? Mine have sprouted 🙂

The blogging world is amazing, isn’t it. Gardeners in India and Canada can compare the joys and challenges of horticulture! Thank you for stopping by and following my blog. I am looking forward to following yours. I wish I could buy some of those pots from the shop shown on your recent blog. It would be a bit of a drive home afterward.

Subashini.. Well,you stumped me there. I am growing this for the first time and was too eager to eat all of the produce. i dont think they flower. Have one left in the pot, will keep you posted if I notice something.

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You did great with your veggies in pots. I tried 6 different squash and cucumber in pots this summer. They only gave out small decorative fruit. My garden squash on the other hand were super. Guess pot planting isn’t for me. Great blog. Thanks for dropping by. Take care.